I must say, 2020 is a mistake of a year to live in. We all know one of the major issues we are dealing with outside our homes as it is, so I won't bring up an obvious case there. I will be honest right now, I actually genuinely feel bad for Nintendo. True they should have had better security, but at the same time, it's bullshit to throw that "reason" out on the table as a lame excuse considering that it's not morally right to hack into things we aren't supposed to hack into to shove our noses in places it definitely doesn't belong (this is closed source stuff people, come on). Nintendo nor any other company is perfect, they all make good decisions as well as their most crappiest decisions of all time, but NEVER is it justifiable for any of us to brute force out way to grab stuff we aren't supposed to have. Many people have claimed absurd/outlandish things. I get it maybe some of what's being released is old news, the thing is I see the distasteful nature of users who back this action up, a lot of times with cruddy responses like:
"information wants to be free"
No YOU want it free, get it right. Get over yourself.
"they don't have the right to withhold information"
Hmmmm let's see, did you code the content? NO. Is any of it yours? NO. Do you have the right to know their business? NO, just as much as they don't have the right to know yours either. In a way it's ironic how some people whine about their privacy being breached and what not, but in the same breath think it's alright to breach for stuff like this and do their best to make up a "reason" for it.
"We should know and have everything"
For what reason? Let me guess "preservation"?
Preservation:
Let's talk about that giant reason right there. It seems to be way too common for people to throw the reason of "preservation" right under the bus to justify these actions lately. Last I checked preservation isn't about hacking into stuff to get things that you aren't supposed to have, last I checked, when you preserve something, you basically hold onto whatever you want to preserve, create history about it so people of the future will know about its existence, and document some information about it, etc. overall you maintain the identity of whatever it is and you make it possible for people to know about it (like a museum). What the hell of a purpose would we need to know about what keeps getting leaked? I have yet to find anyone with the ability to dish a logical reason for that, probably because there simply is no logical reason, personal beliefs is not a logical reason either.
I get it, it's not the first nor the last time things will get leaked, but damn communities can be distasteful about situations like this, instead of staying away they encourage it, Nintendo is at fault for the security, but we the people still make what's called a choice to do the things we do, companies like Nintendo shouldn't have to create thick barriers for their stuff, they should be entitled to do whatever they please with their property of work, we don't have the right to have this stuff. People really need to snap back to reality and just get over it and maybe even themselves.
I am all for documenting and uncovering all the cool secrets of the games and systems we all know and love, but this is not a way to do it....At all....No matter what you do, we won't ever know the full extent or reasoning for everything about the things we know and love, and in a way, I am actually cool with that, because it adds a bigger depth to what I know and love, knowing it all really defeats the challenge of figuring things out yourself and destroys any potential for cool stories, theories, and many ideas behind the concepts at hand. Plot twist, you don't know everything period in life in general, let that sink in.
If I pass off as a rude person, then I am sorry, it's just annoying to see this stuff being posted and a nasty encouragement for it roaring among many massive communities out there. People just need to think this stuff through better and make better choices. Two wrongs don't make a right, only the decision to do the right thing can make things right, I would like to think we are at least smart enough to do that. Even if Nintendo happens to make outlandish decisions and what not at times, why stoop to the level of doing wrong if not worse?
